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Talented young athlete Ayomal Akalanka of Ambagamuwa Central College won the Best Performer Award at the 65th Junior National Athletic Championships 2025, which finished at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama yesterday.
Akalanka was also called the Best Athlete in the Boys\u2019 U-20 category as he powered his way to victory the 400m hurdles final with a time of 50.52s.
In the meantime, 34 new meet records were established at this four-day meet, which was lead by Sri Lanka Athletic (SLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHALLENGE TROPHIES:
Best Athlete Girls\u2019 U-16: Dilni Rajapaksha (Lyceum, Wattala) – Long jump 5.96m NMR<\/em>
Best Athlete Boys\u2019 U-16: Deneth Kausith (D. S. Senanayake, Colombo) \u2013 Discus Throw 50.85m<\/em>
Best Athlete Girls\u2019 U-18: Dhananjana Fernando (Lyceum, Wattala) \u2013 200m 24.45s NMR<\/em>
Best Athlete Boys\u2019 U-18: Bimsara Ekanayaka (Dharmapala, Pannipitiya) \u2013 110m hurdles 14.08s NMR<\/em>
Best Athlete Girls\u2019 U-20: Takshima Nuhansa (Matara CC) 400m 55.03s<\/em>
Best Athlete Boys\u2019 U-20: Ayomal Akalanka (Ambagamuwa CC) 400m hurdles 50.20s NMR<\/em>
Best Athlete Girls\u2019 U-23: Nethmika Herath (Sri Lak Athletic Club) – Triple Jump 13.03m w+0.7<\/em>
Best Athlete Boys\u2019 U-23: Rumesh Tharanga (Air Force) – Javelin Throw 82.93m NMR<\/em>
Best Performer of the Meet: Ayomal Akalanka (Ambagamuwa CC) \u2013 400m hurdles 50.20s<\/em><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Talented young athlete Ayomal Akalanka of Ambagamuwa Central College won the Best Performer Award at the 65th Junior National Athletic Championships 2025, which finished at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama yesterday.Akalanka was also called the Best Athlete in the Boys\u2019 U-20 category as he powered his way to victory the 400m hurdles final…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,67],"tags":[1613,931,73,134],"class_list":["post-9139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletic","category-national-athletics","tag-65th-junior-national-athletic-championships-2025","tag-ayomal-akalanka","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAyomal Akalanka Best Athlete at Junior Nationals - 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